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Band Aid Team Defends “

31 days ago

Stereogum — In 1984, the Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure wrote a catchy, well-intentioned, deeply problematic Christmas song about the need to help other people during the holiday season. A massive group of primarily young British stars... more info

Bob Geldof upsets hundreds of fans with foul-mouthed rant about Primark

3081 days ago

The Mirror — Fans walked ut of the Brentwood Festival in Essex when the Boomtown Rats singer started his rant more info

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Bob Geldof proposed to Jeanne Marine the day after daughter Peaches' funeral

3346 days ago

The Daily Mail — The Boomtown Rats frontman admitted that he was already going to propose to his long-term love and, although he worried it might seem 'inappropriate', the family needed 'air' to breathe. more info

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The Boomtown Rats played their first US show since the '80s at NYC's Terminal 5 (pics, setlist, video)

3742 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin The Boomtown Rats @ T5, 9/26/2014 The Rats--led by Geldof's pointed, devilish, Dublin-accented vocals--were reunited and reignited, minus original members Johnnie Fingers and Gerry Cott. "I began singing those words ... more info

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Watch The Reunited Boomtown Rats Play “I Don’t Like Mondays” At Their First U.S. Show In Over 20 Years

3743 days ago

Stereogum — The Boomtown Rats reunited last year for a tour around Ireland and the United Kingdom, but the new wave band made their first appearance stateside in over twenty years at a show at New York City’s Terminal 5 on Friday night. The Bob Geldof-fronted ... more info

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an interview w/ Bob Geldof (on the Boomtown Rats shows, U2, the importance (or non-importance) of Rock n Roll & more)

3747 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — by Jonathan Dick 'I grabbed hold of it, and the rhetoric of change was rock and roll, the platform for change was rock and roll, the desirability, the inevitability of change was rock and roll.' Bob Geldof and The Boomtown... more info

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The Boomtown Rats reformed, playing NYC and Boston (dates, tickets on sale)

3773 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — Like Madness and the Jam, the Boomtown Rats generally matched considerable Anglo-European success with near-total American commercial obscurity. Despite a string of intelligent, irresistible pop singles and intricate, skillful, unpredictable albums f... more info

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Bob Geldof Speaks Out About Peaches Geldof Death

3829 days ago

MTV.co.uk News — The Boomtown Rats musican has opened up about the tragic death of his daughter for the first time on television... more info

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Opeth, Godflesh, & The Atlas Moth streaming stuff (listen)

3860 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey Opeth at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison) The metal industry's push-back against The Boomtown Rats continues this week with a smorgasbord of new streams. And, jeeze, these are some biggies. First off, provid... more info

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Bob Geldof to marry Jeanne Marine

3891 days ago

ContactMusic — Bob Geldof is getting married.The Boomtown Rats frontman is set to tie the knot with longterm girlfriend Jeanne Marine after 18 years together. The... more info

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Band Aid Team Defends “

Bob Geldof upsets hundreds of fans with foul-mouthed rant about Primark

Bob Geldof proposed to Jeanne Marine the day after daughter Peaches' funeral

The Boomtown Rats played their first US show since the '80s at NYC's Terminal 5 (pics, setlist, video)

Watch The Reunited Boomtown Rats Play “I Don’t Like Mondays” At Their First U.S. Show In Over 20 Years

an interview w/ Bob Geldof (on the Boomtown Rats shows, U2, the importance (or non-importance) of Rock n Roll & more)

The Boomtown Rats reformed, playing NYC and Boston (dates, tickets on sale)

Bob Geldof Speaks Out About Peaches Geldof Death

Opeth, Godflesh, & The Atlas Moth streaming stuff (listen)

Bob Geldof to marry Jeanne Marine

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